SOUTH CAROLINA
The State
BY CHRIS WINSTON
cwinston@thestate.com
February 19, 2014
RICHLAND COUNTY A 59-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sexually assaulting a young girl late last year.
August Byron Kreis III is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor under 12 and disseminating pornography to a child 12 or younger.
Kreis, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, once sought out national attention, appearing on The Jerry Springer Show on an episode called “A Racist Family.” According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, he once headed one of a handful of competing splinter factions of the once-mighty Aryan Nations.
Because of widely publicized comments made after the 9/11 attacks that he and his followers wished to join al-Qaida, Kreis came under the scrutiny of federal law enforcement. During an examination of his financial records to investigate whether he had given material support to al-Qaida, officials discovered unreported income.
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